Offshore Wind Wire

Still reeling from the death of founder and leader Matthew Simmons, staff and board members at the Ocean Energy Institute are debating the organization’s mission and path forward, the Portland Press Herald reported Sunday.
The Maine-based Institute could continue as a non profit research group, join with another organization or pursue a private, for-profit [...]

Massachusetts-based Second Wind Inc. is growing its manufacturing operations for wind measuring equipment, Mass High Tech reported yesterday.
The company is making a strong push in sodar technology systems and CEO Larry Letteney told Mass High Tech that Second Wind now has 65 percent of the market for remote sensing technology for wind.  Last month, [...]

By Peter Brennan
The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued a request for proposals Wednesday for a deepwater offshore wind pilot project and tidal renewable energy demonstration project. The RFP is the result of a law passed by the state legislature in April that implemented the recommendations of the Governor’s Ocean Energy Task force.
According to the RFP, [...]

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday the state was allowed to overrule community opposition when it granted a “super permit” to the Cape Wind offshore wind project in 2009, the Boston Globe reported.
According to the Globe, if the court decision had gone the other way “the project would probably have been delayed [...]

Three offshore wind developers responded this summer to a request for information from the city of Evanston, Illinois, according to Medill Reports, a Northwestern University-based Web site.
The article did not identify the companies that submitted responses.
City officials issued the RFI to gain more insight into a plan for 40 offshore wind turbines in Lake Michigan.  [...]

Rhode Island’s much-heralded offshore wind mapping project does not include any recommendations for federal waters, the Providence Journal reported on Saturday.
The Ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) — which has taken two years and cost more than $8 million — conducted research beyond the three-mile state boundary but is not allowed to [...]